Improvement in wagon-seat fastening



C. COLLINS.

Wag n' Seat Fastener.

Patented Dec." 14,1869.

N.PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON D. 04

oHAnLEsooLLINs, 0F VERNON CENTRE, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 97,883, dated December 14, 1869.

IMPROVEMEN'I: IN WAGON-SEAT FASTENING.

I v l The Schednle referred to in these ill-otters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may com-em:

Be it known that I, CnAnLns COLLINS, of Vernon Centre, in the county of Oneida, and State of New- -York, liaveinvented a; new and improved Wagonbeat Fastener; and I do hereby declare that the f01- lowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for holdingalctachable wagon or sleigh-seats to the bones, and consists inthe application, to the seatrisers, of hooks, wit-h spring stops, adapted for engaging staples in the boxes below the said hooksmnd for being held in such engagement, by the spring-stops, until disengaged by the operator, for removing the seats. 1

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal sectional eieva tiolli of a part of a wagon, showing my improvement, i am Figure 2 representsa transverse sectionof one side of the box and seat Similar letters of ref er-once indicate corresponding parts. 7

A represents the side ofa rectangular 'agon-box,

' and B, the rail, commonly secured to the side, a. little below the upper edge, for stiffening the same, and for supporting the risers 0 of the seats, which are connected, ateach end, to a riser at the top thereof, and

extend across" the box;

O is the hook, pivoted to the riser, and provided with a long shank, D.

E is a spring-stop, fastened, at one end, ina recess in the inside of the riser, and arranged so that the free end will spring out in front of the shank D of the hook, when the latter is engaged with the staple F,

connected to a plate, Gr, attached to the bar B.

For disengaging the hook, the spring E is pressed into the recess in the riser, by the hand, previous to swinging the hook around on its pivot for the said dis engagement.

This anon ementrovides a ehea sim 1e and seg P a 7 cure fastening for the seat, not liable to be disengaged by the jarring of the wagon.

The hook may be placed on the bar B, and the sta-. pic on the riser, if preferred; but I prefer the arrange- 1 ment herein shown.

Having thus describedgny invention, 7

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The detent E, arranged on a. wagon-seat, and operating in the manner described.

2. The combination of the detent E with a hooked lever, D, and eye I, each constructed as and for thepurpose specified.

CHARLES COLLINS.

Witnesses:

J. L. Foorn,

W. I). TORREY. 

